Emanuel Synagogue, founded as The Congregation of the Temple Emanuel in 1938, is a
Pluralist synagogue
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in
Woollahra
Woollahra ( ) is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woollahra is located east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local go ...
, New South Wales, Australia.
Emanuel Woollahra Preschool (founded as Temple Emanuel Kindy in 1956) is located on the synagogue campus. Emanuel Synagogue is the largest congregation in Australia with more than 3,500 members offering programs and services across the
Progressive,
Masorti and
Renewal streams of
Judaism
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.
Australia's well-known General,
Paul Cullen, was instrumental in the temple's founding, including helping to select its first rabbi.
In May 2018, the synagogue was the first Australian Jewish synagogue to host a
gay wedding
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.
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Judaism in Australia
The history of Jews in Australia traces the history of Australian Jews from the British settlement of Australia commencing in 1788. Though Europeans had visited Australia before 1788, there is no evidence of any Jewish sailors among the crew. T ...
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List of synagogues in Sydney
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Great Synagogue (Sydney)
The Great Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation located in a large heritage-listed synagogue at 187a Elizabeth Street in the Sydney central business district in the City of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
The congregation is the ...
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Central Synagogue (Sydney)
The Central Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia. The synagogue is the largest synagogue in the Southern Hemisphere and has the largest Jewish congregation ...
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North Shore Synagogue
The North Shore Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in the Sydney suburb of , New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1947, and having built its synagogue in 1950, it is the oldest synagogue on Sydney's North Shore.
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Southern Sydney Synagogue
The Southern Sydney Synagogue is located in the suburb of Allawah, New South Wales, Allawah in Sydney, Australia. The congregation is incorporated as an amalgamation of the Illawarra Hebrew Congregation, the South Coast Hebrew Congregation, and th ...
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Synagogues in Sydney
Woollahra, New South Wales
Synagogues completed in 1938
Reform Judaism in Australia
Union for Progressive Judaism
20th-century synagogues in Australia
1938 establishments in Australia
Jewish organizations established in 1938
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